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canavalin

canavalin noun: a storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.

Noun

canavalin (uncountable)

  1. A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.

Questions about canavalin

What does canavalin mean?
Canavalin means a storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
What part of speech is canavalin?
Canavalin is a noun.

Words near canavalin in the dictionary

  1. Canastota
  2. canatoxin
  3. canatoxins
  4. canaut
  5. canauts
  6. canavalin
  7. Canavan
  8. Canavan disease
  9. Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
  10. canavanase
  11. canavanine

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